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J. H. NICKS.

STORE FURNITURE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB- l3. 19:9.

Patnted Oct. 21

1919. a SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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APPLICATION FILED FEB. 13, WW.

THE CGLhMdM mmonmvu' co., WAsnmu'roN, 11-6.

J. H. NICKS.

STORE FURNITURE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB- 13, I9I9.

Patented Oct. 21,1919.

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t Figure '1- isian; elevation Joniv H. KICKS; or SAN sAiA, Texas.

Tov all/whom it may concern;

'Be it known that '1, JOHN H. NICKS, a citizen of the United'States, residing'at San Saba, in the county of San Saba and 7 State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Store Furniture, of which the following is a specification.

,Tlhis invention has for its object the provislon of means whereby a large number of bags or sheets of wrapping paper or rolls of paper maybe contained within a small compass and which will support cord within convenient reach'of clerks or salesmen. The

invention also seeksto'pro-vide an apparatus by which a paper bag of desiredsize may be easily brought 'to a position inwhich'it may be withdrawn to receive merchandise and also to provide an apparatusin which the withdrawal of a bagwill not disturb th'e bags not withdrawn. i

Theinvention is illustrated in the accompanying'drawings and will be hereinafter fullydescribed, the novel features being par tic-ularly pointedyout in the appended claims." In the drawings= embodying my presentinvention; 1

j F1g.?2-;1s a sectional elevation of" the same; Fig. 3 is a'plan'view, partly broken away,

of apparatus of the' base'of-theapparatus'; r ;;'Fig,;4 is adetailsection: of the means for maintaining the tension of the wrapping ,Eig. 5 is ja'detail elevation of-the same; 7 Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of one of the racks for; holding bags; V Fig.; 7 is a detail perspective view of the weight employed to holdthe bags. on'the rack;-

l a ;;'Fig. -8 is a detail sectional elevation of a portion of the support for a roll of'wrapping rip v- 'In carrying out my invention, I employ a base 1 which may be of any desired l-size or shape-and is intended to rest upon afstore counter. In the upper surface of this base, at the center o'f'the same, I provide a plu rality of sockets 2 in which bearlng balls 3 are placed, the socketsbeing preferably are ranged inan annular series concentr c with the post 4 rising from the base Upon the basevI mount a turntable 5 iwhich has a cen r p n ngm h wn 6, r e fitareendths Application filed February 13,1919. -Seria1 1 To ;2 76,'781;'

' sToRii rummage Specification of Letters Patent, P feht d 21, 1919 j lower end of the post and is also con'r structed with a hub? having an annulargroove or raceway in its under surface whichisadapted to receive the balls 3 so thatthe turntable will-be supported by said balls and-mayrotate freely upon the base.

The turntable may conveniently-be a metalllc plate secured on the upper surface of the hub 7 and provided with a'depending rim 8 atits outer edge, Spaced inwardly from the rim 8 isa flange or rim 9 and a series of spokeslO extend between the hub 7 and the said rim 9 andare equipped with" rollers 11 on their outer ends which are ar ranged town on the uppersurface of the base l as will be readily understood on ref-1 erence to Fig; 2. ;;This construction and ar-. rangementof; parts permitsthe turntable to move very easily and freely uponthe base so that the apparatus may be turned to bring the paper bags eigthej wrapping paperwithin convenient,- reach :of: the salesman 1 or -'other p son e ir ngt W p oo I The post "4: -1s provided at: its upper'end with a lateral guide. arm 12*having I an eye 13 atitsouter endandcarrying a secondeye;

' orcguide 14L near itsinner-end -BelOW its;

upper end, a supporting arm 15 is securedto the post and 1 extends laterally therefrorn'an'd' thefreeend-of this arm supportsga spindle or bolt l6'on which a;=ball of twine' or wrap-V;

venientpoint ,of thebase, I provide a bail or retain-ing loop 18 which is firm-1y secured. to; the base and pivotally supports a tension; bar- .19, the upper portion of which is hollow,- as shown at 2 0, and the; upper extremity of which is constructed 'with notches- .21

through which-the-cord 17 may pass-as will be readily understood; l 'At' the lower end of the hollow p ortion-20 of thebar l9, a longitudinal slot. 221 is formed through the bar and awcovering sleeve 28 isl mountedvupon therbar so as to,.normally.,cover said J slot. An annular shoulder or .rest 'Qkis providedon'thervbar'. adjacent the lowerend of the a tension upon the cord which will keep it in the proper condition for easy use. Should the cord break, the sleeve 23 is raised sufficiently to uncover the slot 22 whereupon the weight may be withdrawn through the slot and the cord again threaded through the eye 26 after which the weight is simply dropped through the open upper end of the bar and the device will be again ready for use.

Secured upon the turntable in any desired manner are standards 27 which rise from the turntable and support a frame 28 which may be of metal and should be at such a height above the turntable as to permit the placing of rolls of wrapping paper 29 beneath the frame. These rolls are carried by hangers 30 which are constructed with eyes or sleeves 31 at their upper ends fitting around bars 32 secured to and extending between opposite sides of the frame 28, and set screws 33, mounted in the said sleeves, bear upon the bars 3:2 so as to adjustably hold the hangers upon the said bars. The hangers can thus be easily ad usted to accommodate rolls of different widths. Other hangers 34 are secured to and depend from the bars 32 and carry cutters 35 whereby strips may be cut from the rolls of wrapping paper as occasion demands.

Secured upon the upper side of the frame 28 at the corners of the same and rising therefrom are corner posts 36 which are preferably of angle-iron and converge upwardly, as clearly shown, the upper ends of the said posts being connected by a rim or ring of wire or other material, as shown at 37. Intermediate the corner posts 36, side posts or braces 38 may rise from the frame 28 to the upper rim or ring 37 and at intervals in the height of the structure, wire frames 39' may be secured to said posts or braces. As shown clearly in Fig. 6, the intermediate posts or braces 38 are disposed only at two opposite sides of the apparatus and the intervening sides of the frames 39 serve as supports for the bag racks, as inclicated at 40. These bag racks are preferably wire frames consisting of parallel side portions 41 having their inner ends secured upon a wire brace or rod 4:2 extending between the braces 38 and their outer portions wrapped around the outer sides of the frames 39. From the sides of the frames 39, the racks extend outwardly and slightly downwardly, as shown at 43, terminating in an upstanding bail or hooked portion 44:. As shown in Fig. 2, the bags 45 are placed upon the portions 41 of the bag racks and their ends will project into the basket-like member presented by the inclined portions 43 and the hook or bail 4:4. Upon the cross bar 42 immediately above the rack, and which may be the central. member of the superadjacent rack, I hingedly or pivotally mount a bail 46 and at the free portion or closed end of the bail I provide a roller or weight 47 which is adapted to bear upon the bags, as shown clearly in Fig. 2, and thereby hold them against disarrangement. It will be readily understood that the top bag may be readily withdrawn from a pile of bags and the roller will immedi: ately bear upon the bag next to the one withdrawn so that the remaining bags will be held in place.

The device may be made in any desired size so that any required number of bag racks may be providedand if sheets of wrapping paper are used they may be placed in the upper racks and held therein in the same manner that the bags are held. If desired, the bag racks may be omitted and the turn table equipped with only the holders and cutters for the paper rolls, the cordsupporting parts being correspondingly shortened.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that I have provided a compact and inexpensive apparatus by which a large number of paper bags may be held so that they may be easily reached when desired for use and the device may be readily turned so as to bring the bags of any desired size before the salesman. The wrapping cord will be held constantly within convenient reach and a new ball may be placed in position whenever needed. The tension bar may be swung'close to the rack, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, so that the device may be covered when desired and also to reduce the space. needed in trans portation. The turntable is so constructed as to cover all the weightsustaining. parts and thereby prevent the accumulation of dust thereon so that the free rotation of the device will not be hampered at any time.

Having thus described my invention, what is claimed as new is: 1

1. In store furniture, the combination of a base, a plurality of balls fitted in the base, a turntable mounted on the base and having a central hub provided with an annular run way engaging said balls, a depending rim at the edge of the turntable, an inner rim depending from the turntable adjacent the edge of the same, spokes extending from the hub of the turntable through the inner rim, and rollers carried by the outer ends of the spokes and bearing on the'base between the rlms.

2; In store furniture, the combination of a base, a turntable mounted thereon, standards rising from the turntable, a horizontal frame secured to the upper ends of said standards,'the space between the said frame and the turntable being open, hangers ad'- justably secured to said frame and depending therefrom to support rolls between the same and the turntable, and open racks carried by and extending upwardly from the frame.

3. In store furniture, the combination of a base, a turntable mounted thereon, a horizontal frame supported on the turntable and spaced above the same, posts rising from said frame, racks supported by "and between said posts, and pendent roll-carrying devices carried by the frame between the same and the turntable.

4. In store furniture, the combination of a base, a turntable thereon, a horizontal frame supported by and above the turntable,

hangers carried by said frame to support rolls between the same and the turntable,

upwardly converging posts erected on the frames at the corners thereof, posts rising from two opposite sides of the frame intermediate the corner posts, a rim connecting the upper ends of all the posts, open horizontal frames secured to and between the posts, brace rods extending centrally across said frames between the side posts, bag racks having their inner ends secured upon said brace rods and their outer portions secured upon and projecting beyond thesides of the respective frames, the projecting end portions of the racks extending downwardly and terminating inupstanding hooked por tions, and bails hinged at theirinner ends upon some vof the brace rods and having their free ends weighted to 'bearupon bags in the respectively subjacent racks; V

V 5. In store furniture, the combination of a base, a post rising from the base, a turntable resting on the base concentric with said post, standards rising from the turntable, a horizontal frame supported by the upper ends of said standards, upwardly converging posts rising from said frame, arim connecting the upper ends of said posts, ro1l-. carrying devices depending from the frame between the same and the turntable, bag racks supported by and between the upwardly converging posts, and a twine holder supported on and by the first-mentioned post above the upwardly converging posts.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature. I

JOHN H. NIcKs' a 8.

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Wuhington, D. O. 

